Record 42 M on Food Stamps This Thanksgiving

Food stamps will be the only way 42.2 million Americans will pay for their Thanksgiving Day dinner this year - more than ever.

This Thanksgiving, 42.2 million Americans will be on food stamps - the Economic Policy Institute reports - or about as many people living in California and Connecticut combined, according to U.S. News & World Report.

And a report by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit government watchdog group, said that its Food Stamp Challenge program estimates that a person receiving such aid has a budget of about $1.25 per person, per meal.

Food stamps will be the only way 42.2 million Americans will pay for their Thanksgiving Day dinner this year - more than ever.
This Thanksgiving, 42.2 million Americans will be on food stamps - the Economic Policy Institute reports - or about as many people living in...